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After the 22-episode anime TV series of Your Lie in April concluded in March this year, it was confirmed that a live-action film adaptation is also going to be created. Naoshi Arakawa’s manga will be turned into a movie which will star Kento Yamazaki and Suzu Hirose as Kōsei Arima and Kaori Miyazono, respectively. Joining them are E-girls’ Anna Ishii (Tsubaki Sawabe) and Taishi Nakagawa (Ryōta Watari). Yukari Tatsui is the scriptwriter while Takehiko Shinjō is directing the film which is slated to be screened in Japan in 2016.

Even before the ongoing anime adaptation series of Yūsei Matsui’s Assassination Classroom manga is over, news about its second season has already been confirmed! The announcement was made by the staff of the live-action film adaptation of the manga at a stage event at TOHO Cinemas Roppongi Hills in Tokyo on Friday.

The anime series premiered in January this year and is also scheduled to have 22 episodes. A live-action film adaptation was also screened in Japan on March 21, 2015, and a sequel is also confirmed to take place. The movie, called Ansatsu Kyōshitsu ~Sotsugyō-hen~ (Assassination Classroom ~Graduation Edition~) will be shown in 2016.

The official website for the live-action film adaptation of Hajime Isayama’s Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan) released a new trailer for the upcoming movies this year! The first movie will premiere on August 01, while the second part, called “Attack on Titan: End of the World”, will open in cinemas on September 19. The website also teased the fans with a new poster for the film which stars Haruma Miura (Eren Yeager), Mizuhara Kiko (Mikasa Ackerman) and Hongo Kanata (Armin Arlert). Aside from the original characters in the manga, new characters will also be included in the films. Yuusuke Watanabe and Tomohiro Machiyama are working on the scripts together with the supervision of Hajime Isayama. Shinji Higuchi, on the other hand, is directing the two-part live-action movies.

Hajime Isayama’s Attack on Titan started its serialization in Kodansha’s Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in 2009. It also spawned a 25-episode anime adaptation which was aired in 2013, and a second season is scheduled to broadcast next year. “Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1: Crimson Bow and Arrow“, the first of the two-part anime films, was also released in November 2014, while the second installment, Attack on Titan Part II: Wings of Freedom will come out in June this year.

The live-action film adaptation of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’s manga “Bakuman” is confirmed to premiere on October 3! The report was made by Mainichi Shimbun paper’s Mantan Web site where they announced the movie’s premiere date. The site also revealed a visual for the film which casts Takeru Satoh and Ryunosuke Kamiki as Moritaka Mashiro and Akito Takagi, respectively. Joining them are Kenta Kiritani as Shinta Fukuda, Sarutoki Minagawa as Takurō Nakai, Hirofumi Arai as Kazuya Hiramaru, Nana Komatsu as Miho Azuki, and Shōta Sometani as Eiji Niizuma. Hitoshi Ōne is directing the said film.

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The manga also had an anime series adaptation which run from 2010 until 2013 with three seasons containing 25 episodes each. It tells the story of two friends (Mashiro as the artist and Takagi as the writer) who aspire to become well-known manga artists. Bakuman was serialized on Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from 2008 until 2012. Go to the movie’s official website to stay updated!

Voice actors Mamoru Miyano and Kenta Miyake will join the cast of the anime series adaptation of Assassination Classroom! Shueisha announced the news on its 10th issue of Weekly Shounen Jump magazine where Yūsei Matsui’s manga is currently being serialized. Mamoru Miyano will take the role of Gakushū Asano while Kenta Miyake will be Akira Takaoka. The two will be joining the current line-up of voice actors in the ongoing anime series led by Jun Fukuyama (Koro-sensei), Tomokazu Sugita (Tadaomi Karasuma) and Shizuka Itou (Irina Jelavic).

Shota Sometani, the main actor in Parasyte The Movie, will once again star in another live-action film adaptation! All Esper Dayo! (Minna! Esper Dayo!) a sci-fi comedy manga written and illustrated by Kiminori Wakasugi, is going to be adapted into a live-action film which will be directed by Shion Sono.

The series began its serialization in 2009 in Young Magazine. It also spawned a 2013 drama adaptation which also featured Shota Sometani as Yoshirō Kamogawa. Kaho (Miyuki Hirano) and Erina Mano (Sae Asami) were also included in the cast. A spin-off TV special will also air in Japan this spring.

A trailer for the second part of Parasyte’s live-action film adaptation was released last week. The official website of the movie updated their page with the trailer for the live-action film of Hitoshi Iwaaki’s Kiseijū manga. The first of the two-part movie adaptation was screened in Japan on November 29, 2014. The films are directed by Takashi Yamazaki and distributed by Toho.

Shota Sometani will be returning as the protagonist Shinichi Izumi, together with Eri Fukatsu (Ryoko Tamiya) and Ai Hashimoto (Satomi Murano).

Kiseijū Kanketsu-hen (Parasyte: The Final Act) will be released in Japan on April 25, 2015.

Io Sakisaka, the creator of Ao Haru Ride and Strobe Edge, is going to launch her new manga series in the July issue of Shueisha‘s Bessatsu Margaret magazine on June 13.

Strobe Edge was serialized from 2007 until 2010 with a total of 10 volumes. A live-action film adaptation, which stars Kasumi Arimura (Ninako Kinoshita) and Sota Fukushi (Ren Ichinose) will also be screened in March 2015.

Io Sakisaka started Ao Haru Ride (Blue Spring Ride) in 2011, and the series is scheduled to conclude in February this year. It also inspired an anime adaptation series which was aired in July until September 2014. Production I.G. produced the anime which had 12 episodes. Ao Haru Ride’s live-action film adaptation was also released in Japan in December last year. Tsubasa Honda and Masahiro Higashide played the characters of Futaba Yoshioka and Kou Mabuchi, respectively.

SM Cinema announced that it will screen the first part of Parasyte’s live-action film adaptation this month! The movie, which stars Shota Sometani as the protagonist Shinichi Izumi, will premiere in Philippine theaters this coming February 11. It is directed by Takashi Yamazaki, and the film also includes Eri Fukatsu (Ryoko Tamiya), Ai Hashimoto (Satomi Murano), Masahiro Higashide (Hideo Shimada), Nao Omori (Kuramori) and Tadanobu Asano (Goto).

The story is based on Hitoshi Iwaaki’s Kiseijū (Parasyte)manga which was serialized by Kodansha from 1988 – 1995. “Parasyte -the maxim-” is also an ongoing anime adaptation series by Studio Madhouse. It is scheduled to air a total of 24 episodes.

The first live-action film was released in Japan on November 29 last year, while Parasyte: Part 2 is slated to be shown on April 25, 2015.

Fans have been eagerly waiting for news and updates about the upcoming live-action movie adaptation of Hajime Isayama’s Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan). It was announced before that the widely-known manga is going to premiere a two-part movie next year. Yuusuke Watanabe and Tomohiro Machiyama are working on the scripts together with the supervision of Hajime Isayama. Shinji Higuchi, on the other hand, is the director of the movies.

The actors and their roles in the films have also just been revealed. Haruma Miura takes the lead as Eren Yeager, while Mizuhara Kiko and Hongo Kanata are Mikasa Ackerman and Armin Arlert, respectively. Jean Kirstein, Sasha Blouse and Hanji Zoe are played by Miura Takahiro, Sakuraba Nanami and Ishihara Satomi.

Haruma Miura as Eren Yeager (C)諫山創／講談社 (C)映画「進撃の巨人」製作委員会

Mizuhara Kiko as Mikasa Ackerman (C)諫山創／講談社 (C)映画「進撃の巨人」製作委員会

Hongo Kanata as Armin Arlert (C)諫山創／講談社 (C)映画「進撃の巨人」製作委員会

Miura Takahiro as Jean Kirstein (C)諫山創／講談社 (C)映画「進撃の巨人」製作委員会

Sakuraba Nanami as Sasha Blouse (C)諫山創／講談社 (C)映画「進撃の巨人」製作委員会

Ishihara Satomi as Hanji Zoe (C)諫山創／講談社 (C)映画「進撃の巨人」製作委員会

Original characters are also introduced and added for the film version.

Hasegawa Hiroki plays an original film character named Shikishima who is said to be ‘humanity’s strongest’.